Course Chairman: Richard KN Ryu, MD
Co-Chairman: Matthew T. Provencher, MD
Lab Chairman: Ian KY Lo, MD
Co-Chairman: Ben Shaffer, MD
Thursday, November 17
Course 100 Lecture: 7:20 am – 11:30 am
Course 100 Lab: 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm (enrollment limit: 68)
3.75 Category 1 CME hours of lecture and lab or 6.75 hours of lecture
6:45 am Continental Breakfast & Visit the Exhibits
7:20 am Welcome and Introduction
Richard L. Angelo, MD,
AANA President
Larry D. Field, MD,
Education Chairman
The Great Debates
Session I: 7:20am – 8:05am
Moderator: F. Alan Barber, MD
7:25 am Distal Biceps Tenodesis is Preferable to a Proximal One
Pro: Evan L. Flatow, MD
Con: Stephen S. Burkhart, MD
7:40 am Type II SLAP Tears Should be Repaired
Pro: Laurence D. Higgins, MD
Con: Stephen C. Weber, MD
7:50 am- Discussion
8:05 am
Session 2: 8:05am – 9:50am
Moderator: Richard KN Ryu, MD
8: 05 am Revision Bankart Repair Should be Done Arthroscopically
Pro: Jeffrey S. Abrams, MD
Con: Matthew T. Provencher, MD
8:20 am HAGL Lesions Can be Treated Arthroscopically
Pro: Joseph C. Tauro, MD
Con: Robert A. Arciero, MD
8:30 am Open Bankart Stabilization is Preferable to the Arthroscopic Technique in the Young
Contact Athlete
Pro: Augustus D. Mazzocca, MD
Con: Alan S. Curtis, MD
8:40 am The Majority of MDI and Posterior Instability Patients Require Surgical Stabilization
Pro: John M. Tokish, MD
Con: Ben Shaffer, MD
8:50 am- Discussion
9:05 am
Session 3: 9:05am – 9:55am
Moderator: Robert H. Bell, MD
9:05 am Double Row Repair is the Preferred Technique for Large and Massive Rotator Cuff Tears
Pro: Larry D. Field, MD
Con: Stephen J. Snyder, MD
9:20 am Extra-Articular Subscapularis Repairs are Preferable to the Intra-Articular Approach
Pro: Anthony A. Romeo, MD
Con: Ian KY Lo, MD
9:30 am Suprapscapular Nerve Release is Overrated
Pro: Felix H. Savoie, III, MD
Con: Jon JP Warner, MD
9:40 am- Discussion
9:55 am
9:55 am- Break and Visit the Exhibits
10:25 am
Session 4: 10:25am – 11:25am
Moderator: Scott E. Powell, MD
10:25 am Transtendon Repair of an Articular- Sided Partial Thickness Cuff Tear is the Preferred Technique
Pro: Richard L. Angelo, MD
Con: James C. Esch, MD
10:40 am Acute Third Degree A-C Separations Should be Treated Arthroscopically
Pro: Peter J. Millett, MD
Con: Robert A. Pedowitz, MD
10:50 am I Anti-Coagulate All of My Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery Cases
Pro: Julie A. Dodds, MD
Con: William R. Beach, MD
11:00 am PRP Should be Added to All Rotator Cuff Repairs
Pro: Thomas C. Vangsness, MD
Con: Scott P. Steinmann, MD
11:10 am- Discussion
11:25 am
11:25 am End of Shoulder Session
11:30 am New Challenges in E&M and Surgical Coding
William R. Beach, MD
11:45 am Adjourn / Lunch Provided in the Exhibit Hall